Equity Derivative Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Equity Derivatives
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Equity Derivative in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Equity Derivative over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 136
Rank change year-on-year - - +57
Contract jobs citing Equity Derivative 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London - - 0.039%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -26.05%
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £650 - £775
% change year-on-year - - +4.20%

All Generic Skills
City of London

Equity Derivative falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 699 647 812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 38.64% 31.18% 31.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 408 533
10th Percentile £350 £363 £300
25th Percentile £441 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £597 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.80% -0.58% -
75th Percentile £688 £702 £725
90th Percentile £788 £833 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £590 £600
% change year-on-year -6.78% -1.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 9
10th Percentile £18.97 £32.05 -
25th Percentile £24.63 £39.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.00 £56.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.64% +124.00% -47.09%
75th Percentile £41.80 £76.13 £36.50
90th Percentile £49.03 £85.95 £52.15
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £27.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% -44.19%

Equity Derivative
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Equity Derivative relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Equity Derivative job vacancy trend in the City of London

Equity Derivative
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Equity Derivative.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Equity Derivative

Equity Derivative
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Equity Derivative.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Equity Derivative